Fogarty v. Parichy Roofing Co.

The plaintiff, James Fogarty (Fogarty), was injured on November 18, 1982, when he fell from a residential roof on which he was working as an employee of Vernon Hoffswell (Hoffswell). Hoffswell had an oral agreement with the defendant, Parichy Roofing Company (Parichy Company), 1 to reshingle a home in River Forest, Illinois. In plaintiff’s one-count complaint, it was alleged that defendant Parichy Company was liable for plaintiff’s injuries under the provisions of the Structural Work Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 48, par. 60 et seq.). Fogarty appeals from the judgment entered in favor of the…